An ancient Egyptian papyrus, known equally the Cairo Calendar, could survive the oldest historical tape of a star's brightness, providing a novel perspective on the evolution of the Algol triple star organization over thousands of years.
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| Page from the Cairo Calendar: within the superimposed rectangle is the hieratic writing for the give-and-take Horus. A passage inwards this document dates it to the reign of Ramses II inwards the Nineteenth Dynasty [Credit: L, Jetsu et al. 2015] |
Now researchers tell that the astronomical symbolism discovered inwards the 2 most Ancient Egyptian myths advise like clues could survive constitute inwards other ancient Egyptian texts.
The article, published inwards De Gruyter's magazine Open Astronomy, looks at how the legends of the Egyptian deities Horus as well as Set were used inwards the calendar. The deities depict the demeanour of astronomical objects, specifically, the naked oculus observations of the variable three-star organization Algol.
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| Algol [Credit: Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg/SIMBAD] |
The report presents 10 arguments which present that the ancient Egyptian scribes, known equally the "hour-watchers" had the possible way as well as motives to tape the catamenia of Algol inwards the Cairo Calendar.
"The regain of Algol's variability would convey to survive dated to thousands of years before than has been previously known. The star would convey been a business office of ancient Egyptian mythology equally a shape of the god Horus," said report writer Sebastian Porceddu from the University of Helsinki.
Source: De Gruyter [November 12, 2018]
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